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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelins of the 2024 NATO summit in Washington. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says that he expects the United States to remain a key ally in NATO "regardless of the outcome" of the presidential election ahead of a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. "I expect that regardless of the outcome of the US elections, the US will remain a strong NATO ally because that is in the security interest of the United States. A strong NATO is good for Europe, but also good for the United States," Stoltenberg says in an interview filmed by NATO for AFP. SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is being treated for prostate cancer, the Pentagon says, after he faced criticism for waiting days to inform the White House about his extended hospitalization. SOUNDBITE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a visit to Germany, says he sees all faiths as equal and rejects suggestions that his attacks on Israel have anti-Semitic undertones. "If there was a struggle against anti-Semitism, I was the first leader in the world to lead that struggle," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives for meetings with defence chiefs of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia. IMAGES